Veggie breakfast nonsense

By Paul Fulford on June 1, 2008 5:06 PM | Permalink

Can anyone explain to me the purpose of a fried vegetarian breakfast?

Veggie sausages are appalling things - more like condensed sawdust than the real thing. Likewise those non-meat products that pretend to be bacon are vile. And, as far as I know, no-one has yet developed a veggie version of black pudding, an essential ingredient in any full English breakfast.

I wish cafes and bars would stop pandering to those who choose not to eat flesh. After all, when was the last time you saw a vegetarian restaurant offer meaty delights to any of us carnivores who might want to drop in?

Behind all this, of course, lies a simple fact: a good many vegetarians miss meat and wish to eat dishes comprised of ingredients that hint at meat's texture and flavour (though a million time inferior).

I have no wish to deny veggies their right to decline to eat animal bits, but I wish they'd be honest with themselves and stick to stuff like muesli, tofu, nuts and lentils.

If you want a sausage, have one. But only if it's made from meat. Anything else is just plain wrong. And I promise I won't expect a restaurant to serve us meat-eaters a chunk of veal made to look like a raw carrot.